Evolutionary Biology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Ecology & Evolution	68
2	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	59
3	Molecular Biology and Evolution	40
4	Molecular Ecology	36
5	Ecology and Evolution	34
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	34
7	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	31
8	Systemic Biology	30
9	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	29
10	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	28
11	Genome Biology and Evolution	27
12	Evolutionary Applications	25
13	Evolution	24
14	Evolution Letters	21
15	Journal of Human Evolution	20
-	American Naturalist	20
17	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	19
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	19
19	Systematic Entomology	17
-	Heredity	17
21	BMC Ecology and Evolution	16
22	Cladistics	15
-	Taxon	15
-	Journal of Heredity	15
-	Journal of Molecular Evolution	15
-	Biological Journal of the Linnean Society	15
27	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	13
-	Paleobiology	13
-	Evolution Medicine and Public Health	13
30	Invertebrate Systematics	12
31	Evolution & Development	11
-	Zoologica Scripta	11
33	Evolutionary Ecology	10
-	Integrative Organismal Biology	10
-	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	10
-	EvoDevo	10
-	Evolutionary Biology	10
-	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	10
-	Theoretical Population Biology	10
40	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	9
-	Plant Systematics and Evolution	9
42	Biology Letters	8
-	Systematic Botany	8
-	Australian Systematic Botany	8
45	Development Genes and Evolution	6
-	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	6
47	Evolutionary Bioinformatics	4